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57 A 29 Infant mortality has risen sharply; this is attributed to the scarce rations of milk. 2. Report: During the dark nights, potatoes and herb are often stolen in the fields. People thus obtain food for their rabbits, whose breeding was originally officially promoted. There has suddenly been a stagnation in the supply of fresh fish. After the Vogtland, the consignments of fish from Cuxhaven or Bremerhaven, which used to arrive almost daily, come only every eight to ten days. There is a great lack of fresh vegetables; it is attributed to the lack of labour. 3. Report: The introduction of food rationing results in strong mistrust against the Nazis. People would know that after the agreements with Russia there are still so many restrictions necessary. Nevertheless, there can be no question that the prestige of Hitler would have suffered thereby. Berlin, 1. Report: In the first period after the outbreak of the war, there were numerous delays in the supply, which caused some unrest, but they were probably mainly caused by transport difficulties and not by absolute shortages. In the meantime, these difficulties have been raised relatively quickly by the creation of so-called transport facilities for local transport. Already on 6 September, for example, a central management for the territory of Berlin was used for the eight driving readinesss in the districts and a special driving readiness for the cattle and meat transports. The race to the butcher's shops began immediately. Furthermore, a provision was made that grocery stores should be kept open until 8 p.m. to supply the late buyers coming from the workplace. However, it had to be hardly applied so far. We have noticed in a proletarian neighborhood that out of 25 small grocery stores only two to eight o'clock were open. Due to these general experiences a certain calming of the buyer's classes has occurred. The atmospheric expression of this fact cannot be ignored. Considerable for the supply situation is above all also the unprepared large coal supply to Berlin. The camps have in part even been enlarged. Since, under the impression of the previous year's temporary coal shortages, many consumers stored their winter demand for coal at cheap prices in the summer months to a greater extent than usual, it is possible to use the strict rules of the coal industry.